Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2647
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Evening Good
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Fadlan
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
caraysiiyo
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Surati
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
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How Many People Speak
21.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
somali
goudjrati
German Name
Somali
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Gujaratis
Origin
19th century
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Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Somali
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
8323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
guj
ISO 639 2/B
som
guj
ISO 639 3
som
guj
ISO 639 6
som
guj
Glottocode
soma1255
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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